Supporting a couple of audits where the CO’s kicked DCAA out the door and replaced them with outside accounting firms.…
You will note I employ use of the terms ‘claimed’ and ‘unclaimed’ as opposed to the terms ‘allowable’ and ‘unallowable’.…
December 30, 2013 I am going to argue that the original guidance provided to DCAA auditors in the Contract Audit Manual and…
July 1, 2103 Over the last several years I continue to spend hours discussing the shortcomings and design flaws surrounding…
June 19, 2013 Chase “Paper Trial” Commercial Just remember FAR 4.703 (c) requires you to hold on to those receipts…
June 14, 2013 This article appeared in the Albuquerque Journal this morning: http://www.abqjournal.com/main/210568/news/contractor-fraud-at-n-m-tech-program.html I dug a little deeper and this case contains important…
June 12, 2013 Besides the problem of ignoring DCAA on one of those occasions when the auditor is right, this…
May 23, 2013 One of the reasons Limited Liability Companies (LLC) achieved popularity among small business at their inception arose…
April 18, 2013 My students will recall my warnings about the fundamental weakness of the majority of spreadsheets and my…
March 25, 2013 I wonder who solves more crimes, the good cop or the bad cop? Or more important, resolves…